Each petal begins in an emerald green center, goes to sunny yellow, and then proceeds into deep red, which is then finished with petal tips in bright purple! The whole arrangement is a color wheel that adds even more drama to the garden.

Why Gardeners love Dahlias (See combination photo below.) Dahlias are one of the most rewarding summer flowers of all. They're really easy to grow with spectacular results. If you know them, you know all about it. If you don't, here is the information you need. Prepare to become 'hooked.'

First of all, Dahlias are great for cutting, as you can see in the large top photo of an arrangement showing a lavish deep red dahlia right next to a large, voluptuous rose.

Dahlias are native to Mexico, but there's about as much resemblance between the original and the Dutch hybrids as there is between an old toy car and a brand new Mercedes. Dahlias for today's gardeners offer a really big gardening treat.

The 'bulbs' are actually tubers, and look a lot like peony roots--sort of like a bunch of carrots. The plants grow quickly and some grow quite tall, always with lush deep green foliage.

Types of Dahlias.

'Cactus Dahlias' are the ones with the cactus-like blooms, often in super-bright bi-colors, always with the rolled, pointed petals. Like other groups, Cactus Dahlias can be of various heights, as long as they have 'cactus' flowers.

Growing Dahlias: All the gardener needs to do is plant the tubers after spring frosts in good garden soil with full sun. It's best to position them against a wall or be ready to stake them, since they are brittle, and must be protected from high winds. (If you've grown perennial Delphiniums, the plant size and growth is similar, but success with Dahlias is much easier.) Keep them free of bugs, well-watered, and well-fertilized as they grow, and your dahlias will begin to set buds by midsummer and be in full bloom, usually during July or August. Then the huge flowers keep coming until frost.

When frost threatens, just pull the roots up, cut off the stems, and store the tubers until the following spring. Each fall, you'll be amazed how the 'bulbs' have multiplied during the summer, giving you more and more to divide and enjoy the next year.

One expert has said, 'Never have so many gardeners received so much for so little work, as when they grow dahlias.''

These plants bring great color and height to your garden.Blooms well all summer and into early fall. (Late October in Dallas and mine are still blooming.)Low maintenance. (water and they are ready to go....)Best to place stake just after planting to prevent injury of tuber once blooms become heavy.

These are absolutely gorgeous and add such dimension to my garden. They do very well in complete sunlight and they also do well in drought conditions and extreme heat (90 degrees plus and humid where I live for almost 2 straight months). They do take a while to grow, however.

This dahlia was actually more beautiful than the photo. The flowers my bulbs produced were a lighter pink on the tips and a soft yellow at the core producing a soft glowing look. The two bulbs I received were large and healthy and produced large healthy plants. They were easy to grow - all I had to do was plant and water.

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